poor kitty. I'd say she was just in there so she was easily accessible when you came to pick her up. has she ever been boarded before? She could just be a bit traumatised by the whole experience..cats can be a bit funny if their routines are broken. At least it's nice to know she missed you?! (unlike our idiot dog who we boarded for about 10 days a couple of christmases ago, we came to pick him up and he acted like we'd never even been gone! Lol)
My parents had a dog that would sulk for a week when they put him in the kennel for holidays. Maybe she just disnt enjoy her stay away from home?
Where there bigger rooms there or were they all small cages? I'd say call em. Worse case is you know not to take her back there again.
Yep I've worked in a vet clinic that had a cattery, on the day they were going home we would bring them up and pop them in a smaller bed just to make getting them easier when the families came to pick them up.
oh my goodness, that's horrible! So she wasn't let out of that cage at all? No wonder she's so traumatised! Is there an agency in your state that "manages" boarding facilities? Like some department that sets out guidelines for boarding businesses and carries out inspections? Maybe the RSPCA could help..because surely that would be considered animal abuse if all the cats there are being kept in tiny cages for the duration of their stay?
ETA: it's not your fault hun, you weren't to know they were like that. After all, we put our trust in them that they'll take of our animals almost as well as we do, that's what they are there for...to provide peace of mind for owners that their pets will be well looked after while they are away!
I have been thinking about doing that ss_storm! Tomorrow I am going to ring the RSPCA and see if this is standard practice. I expressed my concerns on the phone to the cattery and they said that I should have paid extra for play time.
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poor kitty. I'd say she was just in there so she was easily accessible when you came to pick her up. has she ever been boarded before? She could just be a bit traumatised by the whole experience..cats can be a bit funny if their routines are broken. At least it's nice to know she missed you?! (unlike our idiot dog who we boarded for about 10 days a couple of christmases ago, we came to pick him up and he acted like we'd never even been gone! Lol)
oh my goodness, that's horrible! So she wasn't let out of that cage at all? No wonder she's so traumatised! Is there an agency in your state that "manages" boarding facilities? Like some department that sets out guidelines for boarding businesses and carries out inspections? Maybe the RSPCA could help..because surely that would be considered animal abuse if all the cats there are being kept in tiny cages for the duration of their stay?
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